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But Padura is perhaps best known for the series of novels starring his hard-drinking, heavy-smoking Havana detective. (Photo: AFP

Meet Cuba's top detective writer, incognito at home

Padura won international acclaim for 'The Man Who Loved Dogs', based on the agent who assassinated Soviet exile Leon...

10 March 2017 3:33 PM IST

Ahmad Waqass Goraya was among five activists who vanished in Pakistan in early January. (Photo: Screengrab)

I was tortured beyond limit in captivity: Pakistan blogger

Goraya, who lives in the Netherlands for over a decade, said police in Pakistan has filed a case of blasphemy against...

10 March 2017 1:47 PM IST

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye. (Photo: AFP)

South Korea's long-time 'princess' dethroned in disgrace

She leaves them in disgrace, crippled by a corruption scandal that made her the country's first head of state to be...

10 March 2017 11:06 AM IST

Barack Obama (Photo: AP)

Obama shares Indian-American woman's 'inspiring' letter

The former US President shared letter in its entirety on 'Medium': "Read to the end" of the note, he writes, adding "you...

9 March 2017 6:23 PM IST

NWKRTCs first woman driver Sridevi (Photo: ANI)

Meet north-western K'taka transport corporation's first woman driver

The 32-year-old was inspired by her father and chose driving as her profession.

9 March 2017 5:20 PM IST

Why is he trying to shame a woman for being a woman: Kangana slams Karan

'Why is he trying to shame a woman for being a woman:' Kangana slams...

Kangana hit back at the filmmaker after he accused her of using the 'woman card' and the 'victim card.'

9 March 2017 3:38 PM IST

The 45-year-old driver received the award from President Pranab Mukherjee on International Womens Day. (Photo: Youtube)

Asia's first woman driver gets Nari Shakti Puraskar' award

Mumtaz Kazi became the first diesel engine driver 25 years back was among the top 7 women to get the award from the...

9 March 2017 1:01 PM IST

While auditioning for the show, Sayeed, wearing a colourful hijab, sang for precisely 100 seconds. (Photo: File)

Muslim woman harassed on Facebook for singing Hindu devotional song

Supporters of 22-year-old Suhana Sayeed are thinking of filing a case against the harassers for threatening a woman.

8 March 2017 5:05 PM IST

Taapsee Pannu and Swara Bhaskar tell women how much they can reveal

Taapsee Pannu and Swara Bhaskar tell women how much they can reveal

The two Bollywood actors pay tribute to all women on Women's Day with a much need message

8 March 2017 2:16 PM IST

The woman is currently undergoing a procedure that will help her reduce 200 kilos over the next six months. (Photo: AFP)

World's heaviest woman loses 120 kilos in one month

The 36-year-old woman who was 500 kilos when she came to Mumbai now weighs 380 kilos after the bariatric procedure

8 March 2017 12:48 PM IST

n this March 7, 2017 photo, a Bangladeshi acid attack survivor gets her make up applied during the event Beauty Redefined in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Acid attack victims redefine beauty in Bangladesh fashion show

The fashion show aimed to redefine the notion of beauty while calling attention to the menace of such attacks.

8 March 2017 12:40 PM IST

Panamas Chancellor and Vice President, Isabel de Saint Malo, the deputy minister of Finance, Eyda Varela Chinchilla; Deputy Minister of Social Development, Michelle Muschett; the director of the Ampyme, Maria Celia Dopeso; and Environment Minister Mirei Endara attend the Day of Panama 2016 celebrationsin costumes created by the group of women prisoners. (Photo: Twitter)

A stitch in time: Fashioning a life in Panama prison

Thomas spends eight hours a day in the sewing room, mostly concentrating on embroidery.

8 March 2017 11:15 AM IST